PITTSBURGH, May 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Edward G. Rendell and Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced that Point Park University has been awarded a $3.95 million grant from its Pennsylvania Community Transportation Initiative.

The Manchester Academic Charter School has been honored with a Blue Ribbon award for school excellence by the U.S. Department of Education, according to The Heinz Endowments.

By Linda Borg PROVIDENCE -- Stanley Thompson, the executive director and academic dean of Times{+2} Academy, is leaving to become director of education for the Heinz Endowments, a foundation that promotes innovation in southwestern Pennsylvania.

By Bill Zlatos, The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Jul. 10--As part of its 250th birthday, the City of Bridges will celebrate with a 20-foot-tall, Transformer-like sculpture representing local spans, a composition for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, a teen arts project and a printmaking extravaganza.

PITTSBURGH, March 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Women's Health & the Environment: New Science, New Solutions, (http://www.womenshealthpittsburgh.org/) a free conference sponsored by Teresa Heinz, The Heinz Endowments and Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC will be held at Pittsburgh's David L.